Hastings Yelverton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hastings Yelverton

First Sea Lord

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1808

Place of Birth: Kildare, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1878

Profession: naval officer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Admiral Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton, (born Hastings Reginald Henry; 21 March 1808 – 24 July 1878) was a Royal Navy officer.
As a junior officer he took part in a major action against pirates off Candia in June 1826 and was involved in protecting British interests during the Portuguese Civil War during the early 1830s.
He saw action in the Crimean War as Captain of one of the two ships that captured a Russian barque beneath the batteries at Ekenäs in Finland in May 1854.
Then in July 1873 he took part in the suppression of the Cantonal Revolution in Cartagena.
He became First Naval Lord in September 1876 and in that role implemented a series of economies demanded by the Disraeli ministry but was also involved in ordering the small, cheap and thoroughly unsuccessful ironclad Ajax-class battleships.



Alternative names	"Coïdé" legal name: James Joseph Jacques Tissot
Description	French painter and caricaturist
Date of birth/death	15 October 1836	8 August 1902
Location of birth/death	Nantes	Buillon, Département Doubs
Work location	Paris, Londres, Palestine, Buillon (Doubs)
Authority control	: Q381248 VIAF: 51697889 ISNI: 0000 0000 8129 7432 ULAN: 500010633 LCCN: n82073912 NLA: 36512826 WorldCat